Utah · Private foundation
The Mellor Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $117k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 59%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $65,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $574k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 59% of the organizations The Mellor Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 23 | $117k | 70% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $86k | 59% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $158k | 95% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $163k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $123k | 69% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $64k | 90% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $46k | 45% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $64k | 64% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham Young University | $118,069 | 4 | n/a |
| Utah Valley University | $31,061 | 4 | n/a |
| Sportsmen for Fish & Wildlife Inc | $21,000 | 1 | 0% |
| El Ranchito de Los Ninos Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Empower Mali | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Miracles from Elsie Foundation | $3,750 | 1 | 8% |
| Shadowlight Foundation | $2,109 | 2 | n/a |
| Alpine School District Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eni & Hina Faleomavaega Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Caveman Rugby Club | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham Young University | $118,069 | 4 | n/a |
| Utah Valley University | $31,061 | 4 | n/a |
| Sportsmen for Fish & Wildlife Inc | $21,000 | 1 | 0% |
| El Ranchito de Los Ninos Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Empower Mali | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Miracles from Elsie Foundation | $3,750 | 1 | 8% |
| Shadowlight Foundation | $2,109 | 2 | n/a |
| Alpine School District Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eni & Hina Faleomavaega Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Caveman Rugby Club | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 5 Star Legacy Foundation | $900 | 1 | 3% |
| Lehi Gridiron Club | $515 | 1 | 1% |
| Wasatch United Softball | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Utah Police Civilian Association | $467 | 1 | 0% |
| Pacific Heritage Schools | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Humanitarian Experience Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Youth Making a Difference | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Mount Olive Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 76 recipients with no EIN on record ($678k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Mellor Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Mellor Foundation
- How much does The Mellor Foundation give?
- The Mellor Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $116,978 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Mellor Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (36%), Health (27%), Philanthropy (9%).
- Who are The Mellor Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Brigham Young University ($118k), Utah Valley University ($31k), Sportsmen for Fish & Wildlife Inc ($21k).
- Does The Mellor Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 59% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mellor Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Mellor Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, American Endowment Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Mellor Foundation based?
- The Mellor Foundation is based in UT.
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